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There are always the telltale signs this time of year: tourists crowding sun-drenched streets, flags flying proudly above every doorway and red, white, and blue everywhere you look. The Fourth of July is nearly here, and with it comes the official start of summer on the Vineyard.
The sun was shining brightly at 7 a.m. at the Steamship Authority last week, and in the air was the smell of trash. Trucks were lined up waiting to fill the first freight boat to the mainland, including one tractor trailer carrying 20 to 30 tons of Island garbage. It was headed for Rochester, where trash is burned for electricity.
Michael Sedlier goes off-Island four days a week driving one of those truck. He works for Bruno’s Rolloff, Inc., taking trash or recyclable materials to one of the disposal facilities located in eastern Massachusetts.
The towns of Edgartown and Tisbury this week signed agreements with the Cape and Vineyard Energy Cooperative estimated to save them a collective $9.4 million in electricity costs over the next 20 years.
And the energy will not only be cheap, but clean. The cooperative will build large solar arrays at three different locations in Edgartown, with a combined production capacity of 4.5 megawatts, and one in Tisbury with a capacity of about 1.25 megawatts.
The mounting problems in Oak Bluffs escalated this week as selectmen described a crisis in their accounting department and the news surfaced of fresh complaints about possible violations to state bidding laws on town contracts.
Victoria Dryfoos and Craig Arnold were married on Saturday, May 21 at the home of Dorothea Arnold of Makonikey. The bridegroom’s brother, Derek Arnold, performed the ceremony on the scenic bluff overlooking Vineyard Sound.
In attendance for the bride were Shari Geistfeld, Marie Larsen and Lynn Ditchfield. The groomsmen, sons of Craig and Victoria, were Kylund Arnold, Conner Arnold and Tau Rios-Dryfoos.
Maritime Academy
Cadet 1st Class James Bishop of Edgartown graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Saturday, June 18 with a degree in marine safety and environmental protection.
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Cadet 1st Class Michael Gately of West Tisbury graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Saturday, June 18 with a degree in marine transportation.